Multiple rope jump rope



Dec. 31, 1968 s. EF'PY MULTIPLE ROPE JUMP ROPE Sheet Filed Dec. 21, 1966 I N VE NTOR. \S'HNUEL EPPY JLO A 7'TOHNE Y Dec. 31, 1968 s. EPPY 3,419,270

MULTIPLE ROPE JUMP ROPE Filed Dec. 21, 1966 Sheet 2 of 2 I W INVENTOR.

" 634171151, EPPY United States Patent O 3,419,270 MULTIPLE ROPE JUMP ROPE Samuel Eppy, New York, N.Y. (65 Lincoln Blvd., Long Beach, N.Y. 11561) Filed Dec. 21, 1966, Ser. No. 603,560 6 Claims. (Cl. 272-75) This invention relates to a multiple jump rope comprising a plurality of ropes and a pair of handles to which said ropes are removably and adjustably attached.

The object of this invention is the provision of a multiple jump rope which may be used by a single child or by a number of children concurrently. A single child may manipulate the rope and jump at the same time in relation thereto. By the same token a single child may manipulate the rope while jumping in coordination with another child, both in relation to the same multiple rope. Similarly two children may manipulate the multiple rope and one or more children may jump.

The present invention comprises, essentially, a plurality of ropes and two handles to which the ropes are removably and adjustably attached. The handles are provided with means for securing a predetermined number of ropes, say five. Any number of ropes up to five may be attached to these handles and they may be positionally adjusted in various combinations.

In the preferred form of this invention the handles are molded of thermoplastic plastics and they are provided with means for receiving and holding a predetermined number of jump ropes, preferably, but not necessarily, five. The jump ropes may be made of any suitable jump rope material but preferably of a type capable of being knotted at each end. This would include clothes lines, plastice coated rope and even extruded plastic rope. The

handles are adapted to receive and hold one or more of these ropes at preselected positions thereon. The ropes may be slipped into their respective positions in the handles and their respective knots will hold them in place.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view of a single child playing with a multiple jump rope of the character herein described and claimed.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of a handle for a multiple jump rope, said handle having five jump ropes attached thereto.

FIGURE 3 is a side view of said handle showing how one of the ropes is secured thereto.

FIGURE 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the two components which form a single handle and which may be cemented together to produce the result shown in FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 6 is a longitudinal section on the line 66 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of FIGURE 6.

FIGURE 8 is a plan view of a modified form of handle for a multiple jump rope.

FIGURE 9 is a side view of said modified handle showing a single jump rope connected thereto, said view being also a section on the line 99 of FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 10 is a sectional view on the line 1010 of FIGURE 8.

Referring now to the details of the invention as illustrated and with particular reference to FIGURES 1-7 inclusive, it will be noted that the multiple jump rope 10 which is shown in FIGURE 1 comprises a pair of handles 12 and a plurality of ropes 14 secured thereto. The handle may be hollow and formed of two shells 12a and 12b, respectively, shown in FIGURE 4. These shells may be identical so that a single mold will produce both components of a single handle.

It will be noted particularly in FIGURES 4 and 5 that each shell 12a, 12b is a hollow plastic molding, so designed as to enable two identical shells to mate and form a single composite unit. Illustratively, each shell is provided with a plurality of protrusions 16 and a plurality of protrusions 16 and a plurality of recesses or sockets 18, said protrusions being positioned and adapted to complement each other. A plastic cement or solvent may be used to bond the two shells, 12a, 12b together.

It will will now be possible that when the two shells are joined together in the manner shown in FIGURES 2 and 3 a slot 20 is formed between them at the end opposite handle 22. It is through this slot that ropes 14 may be inserted. Notches 24 formed along slot 20 combine to form openings 26 shown in FIGURE 3. It is in these openings 26 that ropes 14 may be lodged after being slipped through slot 20. Knot 28 at opposite ends of each rope 14 may be slipped into the hollow handle through enlarged Openings 30 formed in the sides of each handle. Openings 30 are large enough to pass the knot to slot 20 and openings 26 are not. This is particularly discernible in FIGURES 6 and 7 The results is a relatively light weight and inexpensive molded plastic assembly to which knotted ropes may be secured to form the multiple jump rope shown in FIG- URE 1.

Turning now to the second form of this invention as illustrated in FIGURES 8, 9 and 10, it will be observed that handle 40 is of one piece construction, being also molded preferably of thermoplastics. Handle 40 is of generally T-shaped formation (as is handle 12), consisting of a head 42 and a handle 44 which are integral with each other. A bead 46 is formed along all of the side edges of handle 40 to help provide it with strength and rigidity.

Formed in head 42 is a plurality of keyhole shaped openings 48, each consisting of a relatively large opening 48a, a relatively small opening 481), and a restricted neck opening 480 joining said openings 48a and 48b. The same rope 14 with its knot 28 may be used in conjunction with handle 40 as is used in connection with handle 12. The knot 28 may be threaded through large opening 48a and the rope will then be able to slip through the narrow neck opening 480 and into the relatively small opening 48b. This is best shown in FIGURE 9.

The foregoing is illustrative of perferred forms of this invention and it Will be understood that many other forms may be provided in the broad scope of the invention and the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A multiple rope jump rope, of the character described, comprising a pair of handles and a plurality of parallel, spaced, inelastic ropes removably and adjustably connected at one end to one of said handles and removably and adjustably connected at the opposite end to the other of said handles.

2. A multiple rope jump rope in accordance with claim 1, wherein each handle is provided with a plurality of spaced openings through which the ropes extend, said ropes having knotted ends which are larger than said openings to prevent them from slipping out of said Openings.

3. A multiple rope jump rope in accordance with claim 2, wherein the openings in each handle are interconnected by means of a narrow slot through which the ropes are removable from opening to opening to adjust their relative positions within the handle, said ropes being also movable through said narrow slot out of said openings in order to detach the ropes from the handle.

4. A multiple rope jump rope in accordance with claim 3, wherein each handle comprises a pair of hollow shells joined together to receive the knotted ends of the ropes between them, said hollow shells being spaced from each other along their forward ends in order to define said narrow slot between them, the rope openings being formed in spaced relation to each other along said narrow slot, a portion of each opening being formed in one of said shells and the opposite portion being formed in the other of said shells.

5. A multiple rope jump rope in accordance with claim 4, wherein the narrow slot extends to the ends of each handle, enlarged openings being formed at said handle ends in communication with said narrow slot in order to permit removal of the ropes, including their knotted ends which are adapted to pass through said end openings.

6. A multiple rope jump rope in accordance with claim 2, wherein the openings are of keyhole shape, each consisting of a relatively large hole through which the knotted end of a rope may pass, a relatively small hole through which the knotted end cannot pass, and a restricted neck passageway between said large and small holes.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 652,617 6/1900 Hotz 272-82 1,538,844 5/1925 Titus 27282 3,107,092 10/1963 Morris 27275 3,118,666 1/1964 Fitch 272-75 RICHARD E. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

RICHARD W. DIAZ, JR., Assistant Examiner.

US. Cl. X.R. 27282 

1. A MULTIPLE ROPE JUMP ROPE, OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A PAIR OF HANDLES AND A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL, SPACED, INELASTIC ROPES REMOVABLY AND ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO ONE OF SAID HANDLES AND REMOVABLY AND ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED AT THE OPPOSITE END TO THE OTHER TO SAID HANDLES. 